Okay! Here we go! I don't own any of the characters except: Lila, Violet, the king and queen. Enjoy the story.

"It's, its dead on." Jareth said.

His eyes were as wide as saucers. She had just completed the crest perfectly and looked as if it were no big deal.

"How did you do that?" he asked

Lila looked at the paper and then looked at him.

"I've always been able to draw the crest." She said quietly

Jareth looked at Lila. She had the same eye and hair color as the princess. She smiled, laughed, and yelled like the princess. They both could have been related.

"I want you to tell me your full name." Jareth pressed on

Lila swallowed hard.

What if he didn't believe her? What if he threw her into the bog because, he thought she was lying.

"My name is Lila Raylynn Jolianna Riscothia." she said

Jareth looked puzzled. Only King Alfaran and Queen Jolianna, and the youngest princess knew that.

"That's right. How did you know?" Jareth asked

Lila wanted to strangle him! How could he not see it? She could draw the crest, she knew her middle name, and she could speak in her ancient native tongue! He was clueless!

"I don't think you will believe me sire." Lila said.

Jareth looked upset. He hated when people didn't tell him things.

The king got up and then walked over to Lila. He looked into her eyes and begged her to tell him.

" I am the princess and, I know you probably don't believe me but, it's true! I can draw the crest, speak in my native language, and I know my middle name. No one knows it but my parents and I." she explained.

Lila had a strong feeling that the king was going to yell and lecture her. She knew it was coming.

Jareth's eyes filled with tears. Lila looked confused and didn't know what to do.

She had never seen Jareth like that. He never cried in front of anyone! This was a first and she didn't want anyone to see him like this.

Jareth was by the window with his hand over his eyes. Lila wanted to be as gentile as possible. She slowly walked over and placed a hand on his back. Things went down hill from there.

Jareth began to sob. Then a storm started brewing and the windows began to rattle. Then the wind picked up and the trees uprooted and flew around and hit the sides of the castle.

Dirt flew around, rain was seeping in from the outside, and the sky was black. Jareth was causing this and he probably couldn't stop it.

"Your majesty, please stop crying. If I upset you I'll pretend that I never said anything and then I'll go out and clean up the kingdom." Lila offered.

Jareth began sob louder. He sounded like he had just lost something dear to him.

The sky was darker now and then lightning flickered. The castle shook harder, and the windows began to break.

Pieces of glass flew everywhere. One cut Lila's arm. There was blood on her dress, and it didn't look like the cut was going to stop gushing.

Jareth stopped crying. He looked at her blood stained dress.

"I'm sorry I just-"

"Don't worry about me. Just um.. I…just sit tight please, I'll be right back." Lila said. She sounded like she was gagging

She looked worse. Like she was going to get sick.

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Lila ran down the hallway. She was hoping to fix up her cut fast.

"This should do nicely." Lila said

She took a rag and tied it around her arm tightly.

Lila leaned against the wall. She wondered what the rest of the kingdom thought, if her parents had seen the storm, and if she could make the king feel any better.

Slowly Lila made her way back to the study. The door was slightly open, so she just let herself in.

"Lila I'm sorry, I didn't know. I just couldn't control myself, I don't know what got into me." He apologized.

Lila walked over to him and sat on the window sill. He still had a leather gloved hand covering his eyes. His face was red.

"It was only a small cut. Nothing to apologize over." Lila said quietly

'goodness! I hope he's okay.' Lila thought to herself

"A-are you alright?"

Jareth took his hand away from his face. He just looked at her. He was amazed that she just bounced back and didn't care what happened a moment ago.

"Yes, I'm quite alright." Jareth said rather quietly.

Lila brought her hands up and wiped the tears from Jareth's cheeks.

" I do believe you by the way." he said

"Really? You do?" Lila practically yelled

Jareth smiled; He saw how her face lit up when she got excited. Her eyes sparkled, she grinned from ear to ear, her cheeks turned a pink color, and he surprisingly loved it.

"Yes, I do believe you. I just hope that you could stay here a little while longer until the ball preparations are finished. After the ball, you may leave with your family again." He said.

He sounded like someone just rained on his parade when he said those last nine words.

"So, when we were talking about a month ago in that buggy, you were kidding when you said you loved me. Right?" Lila asked

Jareth smiled

"I wasn't kidding."

Lila giggled. For some reason, when he said he loved her it made her feel warm inside.

"Lila! Get in here you need to clean this mess up!"